1920 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 76–77 (.497) | |
League place | 4th | |
Owners | Phil Ball | |
Managers | Jimmy Burke | |
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The 1920 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 77 losses.
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Regular season
The 1920 season belonged to George Sisler. He was the American League batting champion and led all of Major League Baseball with a batting average of .407.[1] This would be 19 points higher than the American League runner-up Tris Speaker, and 37 points higher than the National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 51–27 | 47–29 |
Chicago White Sox | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | 2 | 52–25 | 44–33 |
New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 49–28 | 46–31 |
St. Louis Browns | 76 | 77 | 0.497 | 21½ | 40–38 | 36–39 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 25½ | 41–35 | 31–46 |
Washington Senators | 68 | 84 | 0.447 | 29 | 37–38 | 31–46 |
Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 37 | 32–46 | 29–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 106 | 0.312 | 50 | 25–50 | 23–56 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 | 9–13 | 10–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | — | 10–12 | 19–3 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 3–19 | 7–15 | — | 7–15 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 15–7 | — | 19–3 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 14–8 | — | 12–9–1 | |||||
Washington | 11–10 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–12–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Hank Severeid | 123 | 422 | 117 | .277 | 2 | 49 |
1B | George Sisler | 154 | 631 | 257 | .407 | 19 | 122 |
2B | Joe Gedeon | 153 | 606 | 177 | .292 | 0 | 61 |
SS | Wally Gerber | 154 | 584 | 163 | .279 | 2 | 60 |
3B | Jimmy Austin | 83 | 280 | 76 | .271 | 1 | 32 |
OF | Ken Williams | 141 | 521 | 160 | .307 | 10 | 72 |
OF | Jack Tobin | 147 | 593 | 202 | .341 | 4 | 62 |
OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 154 | 609 | 216 | .355 | 9 | 122 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Earl Smith | 103 | 353 | 108 | .306 | 3 | 55 |
Josh Billings | 66 | 155 | 43 | .277 | 0 | 11 |
Frank Thompson | 22 | 53 | 9 | .170 | 0 | 5 |
Pat Collins | 23 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
Lyman Lamb | 9 | 24 | 9 | .375 | 0 | 4 |
Dutch Wetzel | 7 | 21 | 9 | .429 | 0 | 5 |
John Shovlin | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
Billy Mullen | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Marty McManus | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Dud Lee | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Speraw | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Johnnie Heving | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Pruess | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dixie Davis | 38 | 269.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.17 | 85 |
Urban Shocker | 38 | 245.2 | 20 | 10 | 2.71 | 107 |
Allan Sothoron | 36 | 218.1 | 8 | 15 | 4.70 | 81 |
Carl Weilman | 30 | 183.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.47 | 45 |
Bill Bayne | 18 | 99.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.70 | 38 |
Joe DeBerry | 10 | 54.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.94 | 12 |
Ray Richmond | 2 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 6.35 | 4 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Elam Vangilder | 24 | 104.2 | 3 | 8 | 5.50 | 25 |
Adrian Lynch | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 5.24 | 8 |
Roy Sanders | 8 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.19 | 2 |
Hod Leverette | 3 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 0 |
George Boehler | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 |
Bert Gallia | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bill Burwell | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3.65 | 30 |
Lefty Leifield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 |
John Scheneberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
George Sisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 |
Notes
- ^ a b As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 10, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
References
- 1920 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1920 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com